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Data last updated
Wed 04 February 2026

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio congaraea

nominal species Unio pussilus Küster, 1861

Unio pussilus Küster, 1861 = Elliptio congaraea

‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 197.
(error for Unio pusillus Lea, 1840)

= Elliptio congaraea

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